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Locality Name:
Kerman, Iran

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.8

mindat Locality ID: 26977
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26977.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kerman, Iran": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Baft County
Esfandagheh
Faryab County
Gowde Kolvary Deposit
Jiroft County
Rafsanjan County
Raigan Mine (Regun-e Bam Mine)
Sabzevaran-e Jiroft (Sabzevaran; Jiroft)
Shahr-e Babak County
Sirjan

Latitude: 29°40'9"N
Longitude: 56°18'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.669166666667,56.31

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Botryogen	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Lawsonite
Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Millosevichite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tamarugite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Turquoise	Wurtzite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Botryogen Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite Kieserite Lawsonite
Malachite Melanterite Mica Millosevichite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tamarugite Tetrahedrite Titanite Turquoise Wurtzite Zircon

92 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Andradite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bernalite ()*	Bonattite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Butlerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dioptase ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eriochalcite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kieserite ()*	Kornelite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Leonite ()*	Lishizhenite ()*
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millosevichite ()*
Mitscherlichite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Poitevinite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Talc ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tolovkite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Yukonite ()*	Zincmelanterite ()*
Zincobotryogen ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	14.9	14.9	1	67388	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	14.9	10.9	6	67375,67388,67390,67392,67394,67396	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	13.6	10.9	1	67390	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	272
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	67374	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	14.9	10.8	5	67388,67390,67394,67402,67408	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	67396	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	67375	708
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	13.6	10.9	1	67390	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	67392	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	14.9	10.8	4	67382,67388,67390,67402	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11.2	10.8	2	67402,67408	11547
Bernalite ()*	Perovskite	Fe(OH)₃	13.6	10.9	1	67390	8
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	21
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	14.9	10.8	4	67377,67388,67390,67402	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	13.6	10.9	1	67390	1633
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	26
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14.9	10.8	5	67382,67388,67390,67392,67402	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	11.2	10.8	2	67382,67402	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	14.9	10.8	3	67388,67390,67402	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14.9	10.8	8	67377,67387,67388,67390,67394,67396,67402,67408	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	67375,67377	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	13.6	10.8	2	67390,67402	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	13.6	10.9	2	67375,67390	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	14.9	10.8	3	67388,67390,67402	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	13.6	10.9	1	67390	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	1027
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	164
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	13.6	10.9	1	67390	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	67375	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	14.9	10.8	5	67388,67390,67394,67396,67402	8173
Eriochalcite ()*	None	CuCl₂·2H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	13
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	67375	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14.9	10.8	5	67388,67390,67396,67402,67408	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	67375	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	14.9	10.9	3	67382,67388,67390	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13.6	10.9	2	67390,67396	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	13.6	10.9	2	67390,67394	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	13.6	10.9	2	67387,67390	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14.9	10.8	9	67382,67387,67388,67390,67392,67394,67402,67407,67408	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	251
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	67374	341
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	13.6	10.9	1	67390	65
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	67405	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	14.9	10.8	3	67388,67390,67402	5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	80
Kornelite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·7H₂O (?)	13.6	10.9	1	67390	21
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	67375	121
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	24
Lishizhenite ()*	Römerite	ZnFe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	3
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	54
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	67375	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14.9	10.8	4	67388,67394,67402,67407	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	14.9	10.8	5	67382,67384,67388,67390,67402	12537
Millosevichite ()*	Millosevichite	Al₂(SO₄)₃	13.6	10.9	1	67390	20
Mitscherlichite ()*	None	K₂CuCl₄·2H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	4
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	14.9	10.8	4	67387,67388,67390,67402	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14.9	10.8	7	67375,67388,67390,67394,67396,67402,67408	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	13.6	10.9	1	67390	254
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	67375	229
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	14.9	10.9	2	67388,67390	2349
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	67377	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	67377	1512
Poitevinite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14.9	10.8	7	67387,67388,67390,67394,67396,67402,67408	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	67392	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	12	12	1	67394	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14.9	10.8	7	67387,67388,67390,67392,67396,67402,67408	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	115
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	12	10.8	3	67375,67394,67402	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	67396	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	67405	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	14.9	10.8	5	67388,67390,67396,67402,67408	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂			1	67377	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67375	3337
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	87
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	13.6	10.9	2	67390,67408	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	13.6	10.9	1	67390	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	13.6	10.8	3	67390,67402,67408	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	11.2	10.8	1	67402	4899
Tolovkite ()*	Cobaltite	IrSbS			1	67377	13
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	11.2	10.8	1	67402	484
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	67392	29
Zincmelanterite ()*	Melanterite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	8
Zincobotryogen ()*	Botryogen	ZnFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	13.6	10.9	1	67390	7
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	11.2	10.8	1	67402	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
PorphCu-00262	14.9	14.9	Miocene	Albite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205747	Darreh Zar Mine (Darrehzar Mine), Pariz, Rafsanjan County, Kerman, Iran	Darrehzar	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00061	13.6	10.9	13.6±0.1 – 10.9±0.1	Anhydrite, Antlerite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Enargite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	21589	Sar Cheshmeh Mine (Sarcheshmeh Mine), Pariz, Rafsanjan County, Kerman, Iran	Sar Cheshmeh	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00264	12	12	12	Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile	Cu	205750	Raigan Mine (Regun-e Bam Mine), Kerman, Iran	Raigan	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00263	11.2	10.8	11.2±0.5 – 10.8±0.4 (Ar-Ar)	Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Turquoise	Cu	205749	Meiduk Mine (Miduk Mine; Lachah Mine), Shahr Babak, Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman, Iran	Meiduk	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060358	Soghan, Baft County, Kerman, Iran	https://rruff.info/R060358

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